Corrupted NTFS needs reformat - how to preserve windows installation

Hi all,

SHORT:
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How do I preserve a Windows XP sp2 installation (registry, drivers, installed programs) when I want to reformat my C: drive, without using a disk cloning tool??

LONG:
My C: NTFS partition went bad when a power outage occurred during shutdown. Now, when XP tries to boot I get a UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME blue screen.
Booting to the recovery console and running chkdsk /P will result in chkdsk telling me that there are unrecoverable errors on C: (In fact, the recovery console won't even dir the contents of the C: drive.
So far so bad.
When I access the NTFS volume (read only) from my Linux boot option, I can see that basically all data on there is intact and accessible (read only). (Checked with a few images and zip files -- assuming that most other stuff would also be correct.)

Now, as I see this, since CHKDSK refuses to repair the volume I will have to reformat (I can get all data I need off it.)

What would also be great be when I'd be able to preserve my Windows Install.

I can't use a Clone Program since these will copy at the partition level and so I guess will just replicate the broken NFTS structure. (-> ??)

Is there a way to preserve my old registry etc. ??


thanks!
-Martin-
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